[Leica] Leica M6 Anniversary: Stripping an M3

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

I had a Nikon F where the body covering was peeling, so I purchased a kit
from Camera Leather and tried to change it. It was a total fiasco, and I do
not think I will ever try again - I am just not dextrous enough with my
hands for such endeavours:

http://cameraleather.com/

Cheers
Jayanand

On Wed, Sep 25, 2024 at 6:48 AM Frank Filippone via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> I has an M3 that I stripped of its Vulcanite and put on a simple vinyl
> sheet likeecovering I got from a man on EBay.
>
> The vulcanite is hard.... and remarkably "chippy".  It took a lot of
> effort to remove.
>
> I did have the giuts CLA,,and I dd the body work while waiting for the CLA
> to be finished.  You do need to remove the guts from the body shell.
>
> After the vulcanite was removed, I needed to wash down the body with
> something ( alcohol?  or was it something more.... toxic?) to allow the
> glue from
> the new skin to adhere.
>
>
> Is it hard?  NO
>
> Is it fussy? YES
>
> Can YOU do it?  depends..... it is worth a try.......
>
> Se here for something similar to what I bought.....
>
> https://tinyurl.com/4j523re6
>
>
>
> Frank Filippone
> BMWRed735i at Gmail.com
>
> On 9/24/2024 2:28 PM, Douglas Barry wrote:
> > Don't have an M6 and am wondering how do you know its birthday? However,
> my M3 passed 60 years old last year and is looking its age. Its vulcanite
> > is cracked, missing a small piece and needs a new suit of clothes. Has
> anybody on this list changed the vulcanite on theirs? It might be a winter
> > job for me.
> > I also have a 1941-42 lllc which is looking and working well.
> >
> > Mind you, I haven't put a roll through them for at least ten years, but
> must do before new year.
> >
> > Douglas
> >
> > On 24/09/2024 15:31, Lluis Ripoll via LUG wrote:
> >> Happy Birthday Leica M6!
> >>
> >> Today my M6 is 27 years old, still very young, my IIIF is 70 years old!
> >> I hope that digital artifacts has also a long life!
> >> #LeicaM6#lluisripollphotography
> >>
> >> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/luisrq/Leica_M6.jpg.html>
> >>
> >> Saludos cordiales
> >> Lluis
> >>
> >>
> >>
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